The Law of Fundraising. Bruce R. Hopkins

Appeals,” XI Chron. of Phil. (No. 14) 29 (May 6, 1999)).

      81 81. In addition to these state requirements, there are hundreds of county and city ordinances, as noted supra note 1. The constitutionality of these ordinances is a subject that is attracting increasing attention. Two of these ordinances, portions of which were struck down as being unconstitutional, are discussed in Chapter 4 (see the analyses of the Gospel Missions of America case).One of the obvious aspects of these ordinances is the enormous administrative and financial burden they place on charities that raise funds statewide, regionally, and certainly nationally. A court has, however, rejected the argument that the costs of compliance with these ordinances is an unconstitutional form of direct or indirect regulation of interstate commerce; it also held that the substantial benefit to the county involved outweighs any compliance difficulties. Further, a free speech argument (see § 5.8) failed; the court myopically wrote: “The County also correctly points out that localities are well within their power to regulate charitable solicitation within their territorial boundaries” (American Charities for Reasonable Fundraising Regulation, Inc. v. Pinellas County, 32 F. Supp. 2d 1308, 1325 (M.D. Fla. 1998)). But see, however, § 4.13(c).

      82 82. These recommendations are reproduced at Bureau of National Affairs, Daily Tax Report (no. 185) (Sep. 26, 2005).

      83 83. Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109-280).